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My musings on life's wonder and mystery...and, of course, stuff about sinus and allergy concerns.

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March 11, 2010

Eating out for people with food allergy is a challenge to say the least. Unfortunate encounter with a restaurant and its food could land you in an emergency room. So, it's good to discover another new website that provides useful features to manage food allergy.

AllergyEats.com is an online guide to locating allergy friendly restaurants and the membership is free. The website lists over 600,000 restaurants in the United States and is searchable by geographic location. It also includes menus, industry certifications, and other information that could be valuable to food allergy sufferers.

AllergyEats is endorsed by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) of Washington, the AAFA New England Chapter of Boston and the Gluten Intolerance Group of Auburn, WA, among others. To get more details, check out the site here.

March 07, 2010

A Japanese company offers anti-pollen allergy ringtone. Hard to believe? I know but hey, it's Japan - a country known to come up with some pretty amazing, innovative, and zany technological gadgets. So how does it work? Seems simple enough. When you suffer from pollen allergy, you download the ringtone, stick your cell phone to your nose and allow the "Hana Sukkiri Melody" (Hana Sukkiri means "cleared up nostril") to do its job.

The site promoting the ringtone states, “The ringtone will make a nose has resonant frequency with pollens adherent inside your nasal cavity, so eventually pollens fall down.” Got you interested? Click here to learn more. Who knows, this application might lead to another reason why you won't be able to live without your cellphone.

March 04, 2010

Did you know that sneezing and coughing can cause some serious injuries? I mean, I've experienced minor discomforts like facial pain or chest tightness and sore throat but nothing like what's described below.... Beware, folks!

A sneeze can rupture your ear drums, break your spine or straight up murder you. It's like Mortal Kombat inside your face. People have slipped discs in their backs, broken ribs and triggered heart attacks from a simple sneeze. And keep in mind, we're not talking about fragile people who were also at the end of a long battle with a terminal disease. These were just normal people, going about their normal lives, until they got a whiff of pepper and woke up six hours later in a dumpster laying atop their shattered limbs.

There are also cough induced rib fractures, rupturing of the diaphragm and even abdominal herniation. That's a broken rib, a ripped diaphragm and part of your torso leaking out a little, all because you coughed. It's not even rare; it's mentioned that "each individual injury is well documented in the literature," meaning these kinds of things happen all the time. The rib fracturing and hernias happen often enough that the Wikipedia pages for each affliction list coughing as "a common cause." The page actually describes a man who had all these things happen at once. Yep! You're basically one coughing fit away from beating the crap out of your insides.

Source: cracked.com, 6 Things Your Body Does Every Day (That Can Destroy You)

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